DICE Events
We host several events and workshops to facilitate collaboration and provide education.
We host several events and workshops to facilitate collaboration and provide education.
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The national laboratory-led Digital Engineering Conference returns in 2026, hosted by the University of Utah.
Stay tuned for abstract submission details, registration information, and the full agenda will be available after the new year.
The 2026 Digital Engineering Conference brought together leaders from national labs, academia, industry, and emerging tech companies to explore how AI, digital twins, simulation, and the digital thread are transforming modern engineering. Held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, the event featured keynotes from experts across aerospace, energy, and AI, along with panels focused on cybersecurity, advanced modeling, and human‑centered visualization. With a blend of in‑person collaboration and virtual accessibility, the conference highlighted the growing momentum behind integrated, data‑driven engineering ecosystems and showcased real-world progress toward smarter, more resilient digital systems.
This third annual national laboratory-led Digital Engineering Conference featured guest speakers from across the digital industry and provided an opportunity to foster collaborations that will enhance our nation’s digital future with discussions on:
Back by popular demand! The second in-person, national laboratory-led Digital Engineering conference featured guest speakers from across the digital industry and provided an opportunity to foster collaborations that will enhance our nation’s digital future with discussions on:
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Keynote speakers included Daniel Hettema, Candice Ling, Harlan Bowers and Geri Richmond.
Idaho National Laboratory hosted the first in-person, cross-national laboratory Digital Engineering conference.
Digital engineering embodies a deliberate transformational approach to the way systems are conceptualized, designed, constructed, operated, maintained and retired.
The event featured guest speakers from across the digital industry and provided an opportunity to foster collaborations that will enhance our nation’s digital future with discussions on:
Click below for more information about INL’s Digital Innovation Center of Excellence Digital Engineering Conference.
The inaugural national laboratory-led Digital Engineering conference, led by Idaho National Laboratory, hosted a two-hour virtual session in October 2022. This was followed by a more in-depth in-person event in April 2023.
The virtual event, “Digital Engineering: Aligning Federal Government Needs with National Laboratory Capabilities,” was hosted by Idaho National Laboratory’s Digital Innovation Center Of Excellence (DICE).
It connected federal program offices interested in pursuing digital engineering solutions with national laboratory staff members responsible for developing these solutions. Federal government representatives from across the Department of Energy and Department of Defense participated.
This workshop provided a forum for the nuclear industry and digital twin stakeholders to discuss the application of digital twins and digital twin-enabling technologies such as advanced sensors and instrumentation, data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence in the current light water reactor fleet and advanced reactor designs. The workshop also included an overview of the next steps toward regulatory realization of digital twins in the nuclear industry.
This workshop focused on the use of domain-aware methods to develop AI systems that enhance U.S. nuclear proliferation detection and address the unique challenges of this mission.
This workshop provided a forum for the nuclear industry and digital twin stakeholders to discuss the state of knowledge and research activities related to digital twin and their application in the nuclear industry. The purpose of the workshop is to assess the current understanding of digital twins and identify their potential benefits, opportunities and challenges for nuclear reactors.